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The Blues (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae) of Papua Indonesia

by Stefan Schröder

 

Philiris cadmica Sands, 1981

endemic species!

 

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Distribution

 

 

 

 

 

STATUS: An extremely rare species.

PAPUA LOCALITIES: New Guinea: Jayawijaya Mountains, Rouffaer Reserve.Details in gazetteer.

EXTERNAL DISTRIBUTION: none.

DATA SOURCES: Literature (see below).

 

 

 

 

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Literature

Sands, D.P.A., 1981. New species of Phiuris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from mainland New Guinea. Australian Journal of Entomology 20(1): 89–96.